Typhoon Nock-Ten brought sustained winds of more than 185km/h, making landfall in the eastern province of Catanduanes at 6.30pm Christmas Day. After Bicol, Nock-Ten is forecast to strike the heavily populated heartland of the main island of Luzon including, the capital Manila .

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' office said the vote was "a big blow" to Israeli policy and a show of "strong support for the two-state solution". In fact, it would enhance the security of Israel and its people as well as that of the Palestinian people. "I knew Obama was looking to take sweet revenge against Israel and Netanyahu".

The ensemble, informally known as "Russia's singing weapon", has about 200 members and has achieved a number of worldwide awards. Sokolov said the plane's flight recorders did not have radio beacons, so locating them on the seabed was going to be challenging.

Part of the $618.7 billion National Defense Authorization Act "expresses the sense of Congress that (the U.S. Department of Defense) should conduct a program of senior military exchanges between the United States and Taiwan". The conversation over the phone has broken decades of U.S protocol in dealing with Taiwan which China finds unacceptable. China, however, has always considered the use of force to bring Taiwan back under its control.

The sightings of dozens of sharks at popular spots along Victoria's surf coast sees swimmers ordered out of the water at Fairhaven beach along the Great Ocean Road. "Over the course of the summer there would usually be one beach closure", Mr Shannon said. Beachgoers are advised to only swim at patrolled beaches and make sure they always swim between the flags.

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Expect slippery roads in places Saturday morning. The STORMTracker Weather Team says 60-70 miles per hour winds are expected over portions of the Dakotas, and combined with heavy snow, a crippling blizzard will make driving impossible at times.

His publicist said today that Michael passed away peacefully at home in the United Kingdom, a fact confirmed by his family, who asked for privacy at the time. " Careless Whisper " was Michael's first solo single even though he was still performing in Wham! when it was released . Thames Valley Police said South Central Ambulance Service attended a property in Goring in Oxfordshire at 13:42 GMT.

The Turkish army said it killed 12 IS jihadists Sunday near Al-Bab, though it was not possible to independently verify the claim. Turkey launched an incursion into Syria in August to fight Islamic State and the Kurdish forces of PYD/YPG, regarded by Turkey as terrorists for their links to the PKK, whose fight for autonomy in Turkey's southeast has killed almost 40,000 people, cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and undermined Turkish aspirations to join the European Union.

Pokemon Go wants you to have an egg-cellent start to 2017 with a final event that will have you scrambling to collect eggs, incubators and starter Pokemon. The third box will have a price tag of about $12 or 1500 coins. Special Boxes contain ten Great Balls and two Incubators, Great Boxes feature 20 Great Balls, two Incense and four Incubators, while Ultra Boxes include 25 Incense, six Incubators and 20 Ultra Balls.

It'll be a white Christmas for the northern plains and some western states, but forecasters warned blizzard conditions are likely to affect holiday travel. Although the snow and ice mix was expected to turn into rain in various parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and MI, below freezing temperatures were more than likely to freeze over wet and slushy spots from Sunday through Monday morning.